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1971 Map of Artesian NE

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Artesian NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

West Redstone Creek and Redstone Creek converge in this rural expanse of South Dakota, carving a wandering path through a landscape defined by sectional farming and the intersections of four different counties. The map captures the meeting of Beadle, Kingsbury, Sanborn, and Miner counties, where long-established townships like Afton, Esmond, Redstone, and Belle Prairie organize the prairie into a grid of section lines and small family farms.

Transport and civic life are represented by the tracks of the Chicago and North Western railroad cutting across the northeastern corner and a solitary Townhall located near the boundary between Afton and Sanborn County. This survey, based on 1970 aerial photography, provides a detailed view of the rural infrastructure of the early 1970s, from localized water drainage patterns to the precise placement of dwellings and farm buildings that supported these agricultural townships.